Acts 11:19-26 - Corps Notes - May 11, 1976
Acts 11:19-26 May 11, 1976 Go to Acts chapter 11 please. Acts 11:18 ended up with that great truth, “to the Gentiles also God had granted repentance unto life.” Acts 11:19 “now” – delete “they which were” – they indeed therefore “upon” – because of “arose about” – followed after “Stephen” – i.e. – his death “preaching the word” - You noticed wherever they went they preached the Word. The persecution was there and yet they continued to do what? Preach the Word. Persecution killed some of them, but in the blood of the believers--seemed like every time one was killed, four rose up to believe. I believe it was in last week’s issue of Newsweek, or one of those magazines, in the religious section there was an article about the persecution. I think it’s either Jehovah’s Witnesses or Seventh Day Adventists, in one of the black countries in Africa. It mentioned the thousands of them that had been killed, executed. Yet in spite of all that, the growth of that particular denomination is phenomenal in that country. Here the persecution drove them out. They went to Cyprus. These islands and areas play a tremendous part in the outreach of God’s Word in the first century. But they preached the Word. “to none but unto the Jews only” - They still had a hang up. They shouldn’t have had it but they did. They’re just human beings; just like you and I have hang ups. It takes us sometimes a long time till the Word of God, which we know in our mind, really begins to live in our actions, in our outreach, in our real believing and moving; till we’re really convinced in the innermost part of our being that, that’s it. That’s what occurred to them, too. Acts 11:21 “hand of the Lord” - figure of speech – condescensio - the Lord was fighting for them; the Lord was working with them and for them. “a great number believed” - I think the words “great number” is “crowds” in the text. I forget exactly. Just a great number; just like, “crowds believed and turned unto the Lord.” Acts 11:22 “tidings” -
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Research Department, this way. Now since they're born again, their whole life is changed, so the life of lying, and living a lie, and being a lie, and being false, is to be put away. And every man... this is the translation ... and everyone, everyone. The word ' man' you could use because it's an inclusive noun, but I prefer to use the word ' one.' Wherefore put away the lie and everyone speak the truth with his neighbor for we are members one of another. That is literal according to usage. Now for the expanded according to understanding. It's not bad. Because of this... What we coughing for? Everybody sick?...Because of this... and the reason I went in the expanded along this line is because verse 24 last week told us that we are created by God in righteousness and in true purity, through holiness. Twenty four. That's why 25, Wherefore ... 'wherefore' can be translated 'because of this.